The decision was also controversial because it means this year's
playoff will have no teams from the Big Ten and the Pac-12.
Instead, it will have two teams from the SEC, including one team
that did not reach their conference championship game.

Of course, all of that would easily be fixed if the NCAA would
just move to the one thing most fans want - an 8-team playoff.

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Here is what the 8-team playoff would look like this season based
on the final rankings. The champions of the Power 5 conferences
received automatic bids, and then we gave the final three spots
to the highest ranked team from a Group of 5 conferences and two
at-large teams.

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ESPN; Business Insider

An 8-team playoff solves two of the biggest gripes against the
current system: 1) winning a Power 5 conference would mean
something more than just a tiebreaker between otherwise even
teams; and 2) it would give a team like undefeated UCF a chance
to prove they can play with the big schools.

It also doesn't hurt that Alabama and Ohio State would settle
their debate on the field.

Under this scenario, the top six teams in the current playoff
ranking would be included in the playoff. The biggest loser would
be 3-loss Auburn, ranked seventh, something that would be much
easier to swallow than keeping out Alabama or Ohio State.

The talking heads would still have things to debate and scream at
each other about. But instead of debating the merits of Ohio
State vs Alabama, they might debate the merits of Wisconsin,
Auburn, Penn State, and Miami for the final at-large spot.

The playoff could include a provision requiring the top Group of
5 team to have a minimum ranking, with the alternative being a
third at-large team. That is not without problems though. If the
Group of 5 team is on the cusp of the minimum ranking (e.g. No.
15), it could play into the committees discussion on where to
rank them, if they prefer to include a third at-large team.

The bigger problem is adding yet another game to the schedule of
the two teams that reach the championship game, making their
seasons 16 games long. Then again, it is not unheard of for FCS
teams to play 16 games at a level where there is already an
expanded playoff format. But we'll cross that bridge when we get
to it.

In the meantime, an 8-team playoff solves most of FBS' biggest
problems when it comes to determining a champion. Other problems,
like giving some of that newly found revenue to the players,
well, that's another topic for another day.